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The cry for freedom is a sign of suppression. It will not cease to ring as long as man feels himself captive.
The Mass Psychology of Fascism (1933)
The suppression of natural sexual gratification leads to various kinds of substitute gratifications. Natural aggression, for example, becomes brutal sadism which then is an essential mass-psychological factor in imperialistic wars.
The Mass Psychology of Fascism (1933)
Under the influence of politicians, masses of people tend to ascribe the responsibility for wars to those who wield power at any given time.
The Mass Psychology of Fascism (1933)
In its pure form, fascism is the sum total of all irrational reactions of the average human character.
The Mass Psychology of Fascism (1933)
Fascist rebelliousness always occurs where fear of the truth turns a revolutionary emotion into illusions.
The Mass Psychology of Fascism (1933)
In the strictly Marxist sense, there is not even in Soviet Russia a state socialism but a state capitalism.
The Mass Psychology of Fascism (1933)
Only a work democracy can create the foundation of genuine freedom.
The Mass Psychology of Fascism (1933)
Not until man is willing to recognize his animal nature — in the good sense of the word — will he create genuine culture.
The Mass Psychology of Fascism (1933)
If the psychic energies of the average mass of people watching a football game or a musical comedy could be diverted into the rational channels of a freedom movement, they would be invincible.
The Mass Psychology of Fascism (1933)
Natural work democracy is politically neither "left" nor "right." It embraces anyone who does vital work; for this reason, its orientation is only and alone forward.
The Mass Psychology of Fascism (1933)
Work-democracy adds a decisive piece of knowledge to the scope of ideas related to freedom.
The Mass Psychology of Fascism (1933)
Work democracy is the natural process of love, work and knowledge which has always governed economy and the social and cultural life of man and always will, as long as there is a human society.
The Mass Psychology of Fascism (1933)
The basic question, then is: What has made the animal, man, degenerate into a machine?
The Mass Psychology of Fascism (1933)
Revolutionary practice in any field of human existence develops by itself if one comprehends the contradictions in every new process; it consists in siding with those forces which act in the direction of progressive development.
The Mass Psychology of Fascism (1933)
If, by being revolutionary, one means rational rebellion against intolerable social conditions, if, by being radical, one means "going to the root of things," the rational will to improve them, then fascism is never revolutionary.
The Mass Psychology of Fascism (1933)
Work democracy does not wish to prevent or prohibit anything. Its only intention is the fulfilment of the biological life functions, of love, work and knowledge.
The Mass Psychology of Fascism (1933)
If "freedom" means, first of all, the responsibility of every individual for the rational determination of his own personal, professional and social existence, then there is no greater fear than that of the establishment of general freedom.
The Mass Psychology of Fascism (1933)
When I say "animal," I do not mean anything bad, cruel or "base"; I am stating a biological fact.
The Mass Psychology of Fascism (1933)
It remains to be seen what part politics will play in the eradication of the political emotional plague and what part the consciously organized functions of love, work and knowledge.
The Mass Psychology of Fascism (1933)
In this strictly Marxist sense, the capitalistic system continues to exist in Russia. And it will continue to exist as long as the masses of people continue to lack responsibility and to crave authority.
The Mass Psychology of Fascism (1933)